Superman stayed atop the domestic box office in its second weekend. Buoyed by strong word-of-mouth and reviews, it declined a less-than-expected 54 percent to $57.2 million for a pleasing 10-day domestic tally of $235 million through Sunday. That’s a narrow decline for the struggling superhero genre and the same as Marvel’s summer 2024 billion-dollar blockbuster Deadpool & Wolverine.
Overseas — where the franchise has always faced challenges because of the comic book character’s pro-American traits — Superman earned another $45.2 million for an international tally of $171.8 million and $406.8 globally in a major win for DC and Warners, which has passed up Disney to rank No. 1 in domestic marketshare for the year to date.
Elsewhere at the box office, holdover Jurassic World Rebirth remained a powerful competitor in its third weekend as it crossed the $600 million milestone globally. It stayed safely parked in second place domestically with an estimated $23.4 million for a North American total of $276.2 million. Overseas, it came close to matching Superman in adding another $40.3 million to its coffers for a foreign total of $371.8 million and $647 million globally.
The top 12 movies of the weekend, as of Sunday, July 20, are as follows.
| # | Title | Distributor Name | Weekend Total | # of Locs | Loc Avg | Cume Total | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Superman | Warner Bros. | $57,250,000 | 4,275 | $13,392 | $235,033,000 | -54% |
| 2 | Jurassic World Rebirth | Universal | $23,400,000 | 3,854 | $6,072 | $276,184,000 | -42% |
| 3 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Sony | $13,000,000 | 3,206 | $4,055 | $13,000,000 | |
| 4 | Smurfs | Paramount | $11,000,000 | 3,504 | $3,139 | $11,000,000 | |
| 5 | F1 The Movie | Warner Bros. | $9,615,000 | 3,094 | $3,108 | $153,643,000 | -26% |
| 6 | How to Train Your Dragon | Universal | $5,350,000 | 2,835 | $1,887 | $250,733,000 | -32% |
| 7 | Eddington | A24 | $4,255,607 | 2,111 | $2,016 | $4,255,607 | |
| 8 | Elio | Disney | $2,000,000 | 2,035 | $983 | $68,923,095 | -50% |
| 9 | Lilo & Stitch | Disney | $1,500,000 | 1,325 | $1,132 | $418,186,676 | -45% |
| 10 | 28 Years Later | Sony | $1,340,000 | 1,219 | $1,099 | $68,740,000 | -51% |
| 11 | Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning | Paramount | $860,000 | 705 | $1,220 | $195,811,000 | -42% |
| 12 | Saiyaara | Yash Raj Films | $664,684 | 295 | $2,253 | $664,684 |
